One of my favorite television programs is "Sunday Morning" on CBS. This past Sunday they had a segment on the sled dogs of Denali National Park. According to the program, and to the park's website, www.nps.gov/dena/index.htm, Denali is the only national park that has sled dogs as a part of the ...

The tiny planet Mercury rises due east about 6 a.m. as October begins. Look for it very low along the horizon, quite far below the bright star Regulus. It soon drops lower each day but has a close conjunction with Jupiter during morning twilight on Oct. 11. Mercury then disappears into the ...

Here's what I want you to know about Bulgaria: it's a post-communistic country that is just learning how to think for itself.If you need a compelling argument about why communism is bad, get on a plane tomorrow and visit the beautiful country of Bulgaria. The good people who live here are still ...

Anyone can be a conservationist. It requires no special training or education. A few dollars or a little time is all it takes.Conservation begins with preserving land because there is no more being made. That's why conservation agencies and organizations that preserve land rank at the top of my ...

Editor's Note: The Post-Journal was lucky enough to have once published a monthly column by Nick Dean called Nerding Out, a roundup of comics book breakthroughs and cinema-related content. This column will not feature anything about comic books or superheroes but it will warrant the Nerding Out ...

Hear me out for a second.I'll never be convinced milk, or any perishable product for that matter, can be used past its expiration date. They put that date right on there for a reason, I always tell myself. My parents think I'm nuts for this irrational thinking, and it's one of those beliefs I ...